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Their own version of a thunder run, patti ann. patti ann: so, jennifer, are preparations being made to evacuate the u.s. embassy in baghdad? >> reporter: nothing concrete as of yet. the state department issued a travel warning to iraq yesterday. that is a bit pro forma. in the wake of the turkish consulate being overrun and 49 turkish dip promats and citizens being taken hostage, there is no doubt planning taking place here at the pentagon. the u.s. embassy is one of the largest u.s. embassies in the world. it is terror dress-like -- terror-dress like in its structure. patti ann: jennifer grif...

Options? maybe they need to look at research in motion, a group that fell 13% in yesterday's trade. a stock that was once worth $140, now trading around $10. real concern about profits going forward for research in motion, which is the maker of blackberry. facebook closing at $28.84 yesterday. after its ipo at $38 a share. still ahead, will the san antonio spurs ever lose another basketball game? they ran up 120 points on oklahoma city in last night's game two of the western conference finals. could the thunder run with the spurs? highlights ahead in sports. and the first lady of the uni...

Future generations will speak of your achievements they'll speak of how the third infantry divisions thunder run into bagdad signaled the end of a dictatorship and how you brought iraq back from the brink of civil war. they'll speak of you and your service in afghanistan and in the fight against al qaeda which you have put on the bath to defeat. to the members of the special operations forces community, while the american people may never know the full extent of your service, they will surely speak of how you kept our country safe and strong and how you delivered justice to our enemies. so his...

This april marks the ninth anniversary of a thunder run, after three days of intense fighting, a force of 975 u.s. soldiers of army's third infantry division, second battalion captured the city of five million and ended saddam hussein's rule over iraq. joining us is lieutenant general david g. perkins, the legendary commander who led the thunder run assault when he was just a colonel into baghdad. great to see you again and we'll say congratulations on the promotion. as you look back 10 years from now, what your thoughts as we roll some of the footage of that dramatic run over the border of ku...

There. there's a huge competition for the conservative vote, which she once represented. it must be frustrating for her to be overshadowed in recent days. >> that's right. this is part of the ongoing drama here that there are a number of people competing for this social conservative vote. rick santorum, rick perry, she just completed this very ambitious thunder run through all of iowa's counties. on the final day of her run through the counties is marked by questions about her iowa state campaign chairman, who she says was paid by the ron paul to go over to them. here she is last night answeri...